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100 1 _aCarrier, Martin.
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245 1 0 _aScience in the Context of Application
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Martin Carrier, Alfred Nordmann.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2011.
300 _aX, 492 p.
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490 1 _aBoston Studies in the Philosophy of Science,
_x0068-0346 ;
_v274
505 0 _aPart I: Changing Conditions of Scientific Research -- 1. Science and Technology -- 2. The Role of Instruments -- 3. Institutional Changes in Applied Research -- 4. Shifts in the Ontology: Part II: Science, Values, and Society -- 5. Commercialization, Politicization and Medialization of Research -- 6. Freedom of Research or social Accountability -- 7. Historical Transformations in Science.
520 _aWe increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take its problems only from nature and then produces technological applications, but that the very problems of scientific research themselves are generated by science and technology. Simultaneously, problems like global warming, the toxicology of nanoparticles, or the use of renewable energies are constituted by many factors that interact with great complexity. Science in the context of application is challenged to gain new understanding and control of such complexity—it cannot seek shelter in the ivory tower or simply pursue its internal quest for understanding and gradual improvement of grand theories. Science in the Context of Application will identify, explore and assess these changes. Part I considers the "Changing Conditions of Scientific Research" and part II "Science, Values, and Society". Examples are drawn from pharmaceutical research, the information sciences, simulation modelling, nanotechnology, cancer research, the effects of commercialization, and many other fields. The book assembles papers from well-known European and American Science Studies scholars like Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Janet Kourany, Michael Mahoney, Margaret Morrison, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Arie Rip, Dan Sarewitz, Peter Weingart, and others. The individual chapters are written to address anyone who is concerned about the role of contemporary science in society, including scientists, philosophers, and policy makers.
650 0 _aPhilosophy (General).
650 0 _aScience
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650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aSociology.
650 1 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Science.
650 2 4 _aHistory of Science.
650 2 4 _aSociology.
700 1 _aNordmann, Alfred.
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